Speech #620137234

I have already stated that of all those reached by the commission who were employed in the iron and steel industries 57.7 per cent were foreign born and 13.4 per cent were the sons of foreignborn fathers. It also appears that of those engaged in bituminous coal mining reached by the commission 61.9 per cent were foreign born and 9.5 per cent were sons of foreignborn fathers. In the woolen and worsted industries 61.9 per cent were foreign born and 13.7 per cent were sons or daughters of foreignborn fathers. In the cotton industry the foreign born were 68.7 per cent of the whole. and the children of foreignborn fathers were 9.4 per cent. I am unable to state what percentage of those employed in railroad construction were foreign born.